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Our IECEx Testing & Certification Capabilities »

MET performs local IECEx testing in North America (a rare capability among U.S.-based labs), cutting significant time off the certification process and rendering approvals in weeks instead of months.

Eurofins | MET Labs offers testing & certification services to the following IECEx standards:

  • EN/IEC 60079-0: Part 0: Equipment – General requirements
  • EN/IEC 60079-1: Part 1: Equipment protection by flameproof enclosures ‘d’
  • EN/IEC 60079-2: Part 2: Equipment protection by pressurized enclosures ‘p’
  • EN/IEC 60079-5: Part 5: Equipment protection by powder filling ‘q’
  • EN/IEC 60079-6: Part 6: Equipment protection by oil immersion ‘o’
  • EN/IEC 60079-7: Part 7: Equipment protection by increased safety ‘e’
  • EN/IEC 60079-11: Part 11: Equipment protection by intrinsic safety ‘i’
  • EN/IEC 60079-15: Part 15: Equipment protection by type of protection ‘n’
  • EN/IEC 60079-18: Part 18: Equipment protection by encapsulation ‘m’
  • EN/IEC 60079-26: Part 26: Equipment with equipment protection level (EPL) Ga
  • EN/IEC 60079-28: Part 28: Protection of equipment and transmission systems using optical radiation
  • EN/IEC 60079-31: Part 31: Equipment dust ignition protection by enclosure ‘t’
  • IEC/TS 60079-46: Edition 1 Explosive atmospheres – Part 46: Equipment assemblies
  • ISO 80079-36: Part 36: Non-electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres – Basic method and requirements
  • ISO 80079-37: Part 37: Non-electrical equipment for explosive atmospheres – Non electrical type of protection constructional safety ‘c’, control of ignition source ‘b’, liquid immersion ‘k’

Certification, International Approvals & Notified Body Services »

As part of the Eurofins network, our explosion protection experts support customers worldwide. Eurofins has Certification Bodies in Italy and Switzerland who have successfully completed the IECEx assessment process to operate as IECEx Certification Bodies (ExCBs).

  • IEC 60079 – Part 0: Equipment General requirements
  • IEC 60079 – Part 1: Equipment protection by flameproof enclosures “d”
  • IEC 60079 – Part 2: Equipment protection by pressurized enclosure “p”
  • IEC 60079 – Part 7: Equipment protection by increased safety “e”
  • IEC 60079 – Part 11: Equipment protection by intrinsic safety “i”
  • IEC 60079 – Part 15: Equipment protection by type of protection “n”
  • IEC 60079 – Part 18: Equipment protection by encapsulation “m”
  • IEC 60079 – Part 31: Equipment dust ignition protection by enclosure “t”

Learn More

Eurofins Product Testing Italy S.r.l (Italy) – NB No. 0477

Eurofins Electrosuisse Product Testing AG (Switzerland) – NB No. 1258